Health Equity Research Lab
AUBURN University
The mission of the Health Equity Research Lab is to conduct cutting edge health disparities research and provide related training opportunities for students and scholars.
The mission of the Health Equity Research Lab is to conduct cutting edge health disparities research and provide related training opportunities for students and scholars.
What are health disparities?
What are health disparities?
Health disparities—also referred to as health inequities—are systematic group differences in health indicators or health outcomes that are the result of past or present social injustice [1,2,3].
Health disparities—also referred to as health inequities—are systematic group differences in health indicators or health outcomes that are the result of past or present social injustice [1,2,3].
References
1. Braveman, P. A., Kumanyika, S., Fielding, J., LaVeist, T., Borrell, L. N., Manderscheid, R., & Troutman, A. (2011). Health disparities and health equity: The issue is justice. American Journal of Public Health, 101(S1), S149-S155.2. Graham, H. (2004). Social determinants and their unequal distribution: clarifying policy understandings. The Milbank Quarterly, 82(1), 101-124.3. Marmot, M., Friel, S., Bell, R., Houweling, T. A., Taylor, S., & Commission on Social Determinants of Health. (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health. The Lancet, 372(9650), 1661-1669.
1. Braveman, P. A., Kumanyika, S., Fielding, J., LaVeist, T., Borrell, L. N., Manderscheid, R., & Troutman, A. (2011). Health disparities and health equity: The issue is justice. American Journal of Public Health, 101(S1), S149-S155.2. Graham, H. (2004). Social determinants and their unequal distribution: clarifying policy understandings. The Milbank Quarterly, 82(1), 101-124.3. Marmot, M., Friel, S., Bell, R., Houweling, T. A., Taylor, S., & Commission on Social Determinants of Health. (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health. The Lancet, 372(9650), 1661-1669.
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